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THE I LOVE U GUYS FOUNDATION

THE I LOVE U GUYS FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,459 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($1,459). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$3.5M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$1k
Net assets
$601k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What The I Love U Guys Foundation does

Mission

To restore and protect the joy of youth through educational programs and positive actions in collaboration with families, schools, communities and government entities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The standard response protocol (srp), and standard reunification method (srm) remain the flagship programs of the foundation. These programs provide research-informed, action-based crisis response and reunification frameworks that establish a shared language and coordinated procedures for schools, districts, public safety agencies, and community partners. As of this reporting year, srp and srm are implemented by more than 78,000 schools, districts, departments, agencies, and organizations across the united states and internationally. The programs are designed to improve planning and emergency preparedness efforts nationwide. Program service revenue is primarily generated through keynote presentations, training workshops, consulting engagements, and annual affiliation agreements with implementing organizations. Demand for training and implementation support continued to increase during the reporting period, resulting in expanded national reach and deeper engagement across education, public safety, and emergency management sectors. Quarterly livestream srp and srm trainings continued on an open enrollment basis. These virtual sessions provide accessible introductory and refresher…

    $2,469,725 spent$2,677,309 earned by the program
    92% of program spending
  2. The foundation hosted its annual briefings symposium in april. This event provides in-depth instruction and implementation guidance on the standard response protocol and standard reunification method, while convening practitioners, school leaders, and public safety professionals for collaborative learning. The symposium includes advanced application training, and presentations from subject matter experts in school safety, crisis leadership, and coordinated response. The event strengthens professional networks, reinforces fidelity of implementation, and supports continuous improvement across adopting communities.

    $11,984 spent$1,775 earned by the program
    0% of program spending
  3. The foundation is committed to ensuring that all safety materials remain current, developmentally appropriate, and aligned with best practices in crisis response and school safety. During the reporting period, the foundation continued development and refinement of new program material, including: the srm tabletop exercise (srm tex), scheduled for launch in 2026, provides structured, scenario-based practice for organizations implementing the standard reunification method. This exercise enhances real-world readiness, cross-agency coordinations, and communications skills. A newly produced srp training video title 5 minutes, 5 actions, is scheduled for release in 2026. This concise training tool provides an accessible overview of srp actions and supports organization-wide awareness and consistent messaging. Expanded pre-k through elementary (prek-2+) materials designed to introduce age-appropriate safety concepts to young children. These resources include the illustrated childrens book learn from the helpers: 5 actions to keep us safe and a companion instructor guide. Digital versions are available at no cost to the public, and printed copies may be purchased through the foundations…

    $188,905 spent$314,134 earned by the program
    7% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,670,614.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($300k) Expenses 100 ($321k) Net assets 100 ($167k)2018 Revenue 172 ($517k) Expenses 134 ($431k) Net assets 151 ($253k)2019 Revenue 251 ($754k) Expenses 205 ($658k) Net assets 201 ($335k)2020 Revenue 157 ($470k) Expenses 176 ($565k) Net assets 144 ($240k)2021 Revenue 241 ($722k) Expenses 206 ($662k) Net assets 180 ($301k)2022 Revenue 564 ($1.7M) Expenses 442 ($1.4M) Net assets 341 ($570k)2023 Revenue 904 ($2.7M) Expenses 822 ($2.6M) Net assets 394 ($658k)2024 Revenue 986 ($3.0M) Expenses 943 ($3.0M) Net assets 352 ($588k)2025 Revenue 1175 ($3.5M) Expenses 1094 ($3.5M) Net assets 360 ($601k)
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Revenue (1175)Expenses (1094)Net assets (360)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $399k to $658k (+65%).

$168k
$282k
$336k
$399k
$658k
$913k
$992k
$906k
$964k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

12% of THE I LOVE U GUYS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$21k
’17
$86k
’18
$96k
’19
−$95k
’20
$60k
’21
$273k
’22
$72k
’23
−$71k
’24
$13k
’25
3.2
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Theresa Alford

Executive director

Board chair

David Bauer

Chairman/treasurer

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed71012111112111310
Joined·+4+2+1+0+3+1+2+1
No longer listed·10202204
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $318 → $300.

Funder
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'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1

1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of THE I LOVE U GUYS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of THE I LOVE U GUYS FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE I LOVE U GUYS FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin0% · below the median
Months of reserve3.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)36% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding THE I LOVE U GUYS FOUNDATION receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $139k on record — $4k federal, $135k state.

Federal$4k
grants $0contracts $4k
Top agencies
  • Department of Justice$4k
State$135k
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By state
  • DE$88k
  • MA$47k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like THE I LOVE U GUYS FOUNDATION

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Colorado

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 15%Fundraising 9%

Governance

8
board members
75%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

85%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CO

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE I LOVE U GUYS FOUNDATION?
THE I LOVE U GUYS FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,459 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($1,459). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE I LOVE U GUYS FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,459 in grants to THE I LOVE U GUYS FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE I LOVE U GUYS FOUNDATION?
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,459 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE I LOVE U GUYS FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing